Director Swiss Institute for Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) 7270 Davos Platz, Schweiz akdisac@siaf.uzh.ch www.siaf.uzh.ch Education and professional career Medical school, Uludag Bursa University Turkey, 1978-1985 Specialized training in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, Uludag Bursa University Turkey, 1991 Specialized training immunology, Uludag Bursa University Turkey, 1994 Assistant Professorship Immunology, Uludag Bursa University Turkey, 1993 Research Associate, Ciba Geigy, Basel, 1993 Research Associate, SIAF, 1994 Associate Professor, Uludag Bursa University Turkey, 1996 Department Head Immunology, SIAF, 1998 Venia Legendi, Zurich University, 2002 Director, Swiss Institute for Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), 2006 Professor University of Zurich, Faculty of Medicine, 2006 Vice President, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EEACI), 2007-2011 (2 Perioden) President, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EEACI), 2011-2013 Full Professorship University of Zurich 2013 ​Mitglied des Senats, SAMW, 2014 Editor in Chief, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI), 2016-2017 Editor in Chief, European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Allergy), 2018 Publications Articles in journals with impact factor: 571, weitere Publikationen: 141 Zitierungen: Total: 37000 (ISI Web of Science), Durchschnitt der Zitierungen pro Artikel: 57.26 Total Impact Factor: 21., First and last author of articles cited more than 100 times: 98 edited books/special issues: 21, editorials: 12, chapters in medical books:Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy, Middletone’s Allergy Essentials, Middletone’s Allergy. Editorial activities Editor in Chief, Allergy (IP: 3.15) Member of the Editorial Board / Editorial Consultant: Current Opinion in Immunology (12.2), Nature Reviews in Immunology (31.0), Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs (EOED), International Reviews of Immunology (2.2), European Journal of Immunology (5.2), World Allergy Organization Journal. Congresses  Founder and organizer: World Immune Regulation Meetings (15), Davos: 500-1000 Teilnehmende, EAACI-Davos Meetings (7): 100 Nachwuchsforscher Gründer und Vorstandsmitglied: Global Allergy Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) Organizer and committee chairman of the scientific program: EAACI Kongresse (6): 2006 Wien, 2007 Göteborg, 2008 Barcelona (5500, 7600 Teilnehmende), 2009 Warschau, 2010 London, 2011 Istanbul, WAO 2009 Buenos Aires, WAO 2011 Cancun, 2013 Mailand (8000 Teilnehmende) Scientific expert (journals)  Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Immunology, Nature Reviews in Immunology, Immunity, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Current Opinion In Immunology, Trends in Immunology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, FASEB Journal, EMBO Journal, Journal of Immunology, Journal of Allergy Clinical Immunology, European Journal of Immunology, Clinical Experimental Allergy, Immunology, European Journal of Pharmacology, Clinical Experimental Immunology, Allergy, International Archives in Allergy Immunology, European J. of Gastroenterology, Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology Scientific expert (foundations)  Medical Research Council, UK, Welcome Trust Foundation, UK, German Research Foundation, Austrian Research Foundation, Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research (Barcelona), Singapore National Research Council and Biomedical Research Council (Singapore), Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Cancer League. Awards  17 international prizes, 16 honorary lectures, honorary professorship 2 universities Memberships European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAAC), President (2011-2013) American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (Fellow) Collegium Internationale Allergologicum Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences Academia Raetica (Board Member) Founder and Vice President Swiss Researh Institutes for Sports Medicine (SRISM) Committee memberships EAACI Ex-com 2003 GA2LEN 2007 AAAAI Eczema Committee AAAAI Cells & Mediators Committee WAO Research Council